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The Onion's honoring of "Pyongyang-bred heartthrob" Kim Jong-un as the Sexiest Man Alive — following past winners like Bernie Madoff and Ted Kaczynski — did not go unnoticed in China, where the Communist Party newspaper People's Daily Online picked up the story without a hint of irony. Then again, they did pair the editorial, which praises Kim's "unmistakable cute, cuddly side," with a 55-picture slideshow, so maybe they just get the Internet.